Amtrak Agreement Update – Still Time to Vote
Just a little over a week to go. Get your ballot in. Ballots are due by February 27, 2018. Any member who has not received a ballot should contact TCUTA@tcunion.org. In order to be received by the...
View ArticleYour Union Membership Gets You a College Education Without the Cost
You read that right. Your union is now offering a Free College Benefit to members and their families. The IAM is excited to announce the new free college benefit available to Machinists Union members...
View ArticleRegister Now! Basic Communicator Class Deadline is March 9
Registration is now open for the May 6-11 Basic Communicator Class held by the IAM’s Communication Department. The last Communicator Class filled up quickly, so get registered now in order to secure...
View ArticleJoin Us at the Working People’s Day of Action
The Supreme Court will soon hear a case that will have a big impact on our voice at work. That’s why working people across the country are making a clear stand to keep the freedoms that we’ve fought...
View ArticleIAM/Lockheed Martin Negotiations Update
According to an article published in the Washington Post this week, Lockheed Martin’s largest customer is the U.S. Government. “Of Lockheed Martin’s $51 billion in sales last year, nearly 70 percent,...
View ArticleMissouri Lawmakers Urge Harley-Davidson to Reconsider Closing Kansas City Plant
Missouri U.S. Senators Claire McCaskill and Roy Blunt, and Congressmen Sam Graves and Emanuel Cleaver II joined together to urge Harley-Davidson to reconsider plans to close its assembly plant in...
View ArticleIAM Members Endorse Incumbent Grand Lodge Officers
Machinists Union members have completed the endorsement process for the election of Grand Lodge Officers. The results from the DOL-supervised election are that over 770 IAM Local Lodges endorsed the...
View ArticleSending Solidarity to Minnesota Machinists at Electrolux
IAM International Bob Martinez traveled to Minnesota this weekend to deliver a message of solidarity to more than 900 IAM Local 623 members in St. Cloud. Electrolux, a Sweden-based freezer and...
View ArticleLike the IAM Federal Workers Facebook Page
IAM and NFFE-IAM members in the federal sector have a new forum to discuss, share and highlight their issues online. Like the IAM Federal Workers Facebook page. The page aims to mobilize and inform...
View ArticleEl programa de Español de Winpisinger se Destacó en El Tiempo Latino de DC
El Programa de Liderazgo en español del IAM en el Centro de Educativo William W. Winpisinger fue el tema de esta semana en el periódico preeminente en español de Washington D.C., El Tiempo Latino. Lea...
View ArticleWinpisinger Spanish Program Highlighted in D.C.’s El Tiempo Latino
The IAM’s Spanish Leadership Program at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center was the topic this week in Washington D.C.’s preeminent Spanish language newspaper, El Tiempo Latino....
View ArticleSave the Date: Machinists Union Aerospace Conference on Sept. 10-14
If you are an IAM member working in the aerospace industry, you won’t want to miss out on the Machinists Union Aerospace Conference September 10-14, 2018 held in Ft. Worth, TX. Save the date on your...
View ArticleLabor Leaders Deliver Unified Trade Message to President Trump
Labor is united in its view that NAFTA is a disaster for working people and must be fixed. We had a very productive meeting which made clear to the president that a new NAFTA must create fair and...
View ArticleNew York Machinists to Fight Dresser Rand Plant Closure
Nearly 250 IAM Members in a tiny community of Western New York were left reeling Monday afternoon when Siemens officials suddenly announced the impending sale, and closure of the historic Dresser Rand...
View ArticleIAM Members Endorse Incumbent Grand Lodge Officers
Machinists Union members have completed the endorsement process for the election of Grand Lodge Officers. The results from the DOL-supervised election are that over 770 IAM Local Lodges endorsed the...
View ArticleFebruary 2018 Advanced Training Newsletter
In the February issue of the TCU/IAM Advanced Training Newsletter: Highlights of the excellent employment obtained by our Job Corps graduates. Average wage of these job placements shown is $16.20/hr!...
View ArticleCreating Women Leaders at the W3 Center
Over 30 courageous women gathered together last week at the William W. Winpisinger Center for the Women’s Leadership Program. It was a week full of learning, collaborating, laughing and solidarity....
View ArticleWisconsin Locals Prepare for Bargaining with Trane
Negotiating Committee for Locals 21 and 1115, along with the Directing Business Representative from District 66, participated in the Negotiation Preparation for Bargaining Committees program at the...
View ArticleWomen of the IAM Shine on Activate L!VE
IAM General Secretary-Treasurer Dora Cervantes, Women’s, Human Rights and Young Workers Director Rhonda Rogers and a packed studio of our union’s women leaders took part in a special edition of the...
View ArticleNew Mexico IAM Member Rebuts Right-to-Work Claims
In a recent Las Cruces Sun-Times letter to the editor, New Mexico Local 2515 member Brian Breitag exposed the misleading claims of right-to-work (RTW) proponents. “’Right to work for less’ laws are a...
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